{"id":238567,"date":"2021-03-17T13:45:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=238567"},"modified":"2021-03-17T13:45:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:45:43","slug":"liberal-wisconsin-judge-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-wisconsin-judge-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Wisconsin Judge Arrested on Child Pornography Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliberal-wisconsin-judge-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=238567&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1576.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A liberal Wisconsin children\u2019s court judge was arrested on child pornography charges on Tuesday, the Wisconsin Justice Department announced.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Federal investigators allege that Brett Blomme, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court judge, uploaded child pornography on a messaging app in October and November 2020. Blomme was assigned to the Milwaukee County Children\u2019s Court, according to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/county.milwaukee.gov\/EN\/Courts\/Chief-Judge\/List-of-Court-Officials\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of officials on the court\u2019s website.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Latest News<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/liberal-wisconsin-judge-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges\/\"><strong>Liberal Wisconsin Judge Arrested on Child Pornography Charges<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/california-curriculum-pushes-volunteering-only-at-arab-american-organizations\/\"><strong>California Ethnic Studies Curriculum Pushes Students to Volunteer at Arab-American Organizations<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/amazon-now-bans-books-that-treat-gender-dysphoria-as-mental-illness\/\"><strong>Amazon Now Bans Books That Treat Gender Dysphoria as Mental Illness<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kik, the messaging app Blomme allegedly used, flagged the judge\u2019s communications to the National Center for Missing &amp; Exploited Children, which sparked the federal investigation. Blomme allegedly uploaded 27 videos through the app, according to an affidavit reviewed by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urban Milwaukee<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Kik is a popular messaging app among teenagers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blomme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2020\/04\/13\/milwaukee-election-results-blomme-defeats-dedinsky-milwaukee-county-circuit-judge\/2973482001\/\">defeated<\/a> Paul Dedinsky, former Wisconsin Republican governor Scott Walker\u2019s pick for the bench, in an April election. Before taking the bench in August, Blomme was president and CEO of the Cream City Foundation, a group that distributes grant money to Milwaukee-based LGBTQ groups. He previously served as the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin\u2019s donations director and worked for Rep. Gwen Moore (D., Wis.) and Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett (D.).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Wisconsin judges are ostensibly nonpartisan, Blomme dubbed himself a &#8220;progressive alternative&#8221; to Dedinsky during his campaign, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Law and Crime<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/crime\/childrens-court-judge-arrested-on-tentative-charges-he-possessed-child-pornography-wisconsin-doj\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Blomme calls himself a &#8220;community activist&#8221; who &#8220;spent his career fighting for the most marginalized in [the] community&#8221; on his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brettblomme.com\/about\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Blomme has a husband and two children.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formal charges against Blomme are expected on Wednesday. The Milwaukee County Circuit Court did not reply to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Free Beacon\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s request for comment in time for publication. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n\t\t<!-- \/339474670\/Freebeacon\/InContent --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A liberal Wisconsin children\u2019s court judge was arrested on child pornography charges on Tuesday, the Wisconsin Justice Department announced.\u00a0 Federal investigators allege that Brett Blomme, a Milwaukee County Circuit Court &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310673,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1576.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Liberal Wisconsin Judge Arrested on Child Pornography Charges","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1576.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Liberal Wisconsin Judge Arrested on Child Pornography Charges","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}